Fun Bus!

Party Bus!
Originally uploaded by mtstaffa.

To those who get my mass emails, my fifth email was about the "Fun Buses" in Japan. Here is a short recap for those who didnt get the mass email....First of all, you're probably wondering what a fun bus is. Well, I'll tell you. Basically, they're the busses of the various Nationalist parties in Japan and a few smaller racially based groups. This buss it for the Yakuza, which is the largest gang in Japan (and HQ'ed in Osaka).

You have to ask yourself where they get these busses, and where the driver gets his license to drive a vehicle - imagine the insurance form or the license application - "Reason for applying for license: To drive bus full of racists around Osaka playing nasty music really loudly." The other thing about that bus...is what the hell is inside, because at best there's about 5 men on that bus, and I'm pretty sure the stereo and amplification equipment required a large amount of internal modification, but I'm wondering if they tore out the 'silver seats? (Those seats on Japanese transport systems reserved for the elderly). Mind you, if they've got all that stereo gear, someone probably decided to stick a nice big TV in there and a good DVD player. Hope so. Fridge and drinks vending machine might not be a bad idea either.

This picture was taken less than 3 minutes from my apartment! And if you are to say the word "yakuza"...you better whisper it around here!